Parting-strip for windows.



B. E. KILMER.

PARTING STRIP FOR wmnows.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, 1913.

Gum/M1 Patented Dec. 29. 1914.

1H5 NOR)?! TOVLITHQ. WASHING ram 0 C ELMER E. KILMER, OF CLEVELAND,OHIO, AS$IGNOR TO H. C. WOODRUFF, OF

CLEVELAND, GHIO.

PARTING-STRIP FOR- WINIDGWS.

1,12s,1ee.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Dec. 29, 191 1.

Application filed March 8, 1913. Serial No. 753,016.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELMER E. KILMER,

citizen of the United States of America, residing at 7408 Cedar avenue,Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Parting-Strips for Vindows, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in windowconstruction, more particularly to improvement in parting strips whichseparate the sashes.

The invention especially relates to that kind of window construction inwhich the sashes swing vertically and then are removable from the windowframes. In such construction, in order that the upper sash may bewithdrawn from the window frame, the lower portion of the parting stripsmust first be taken out and then be replaced after the upper sash is putback into the frame.

The invention, therefore, consists in a parting strip of theconstruction hereinafter,

pointed out.

In the annexed drawings: Figure 1 represents a vertical section througha window frame showing the construction to which the invention isapplied. Fig. 2, a detail perspective view of the invention and itsapplication to the window frame. Fig. 3, a perspective view of thefeature of the invention.

In these drawings, the numeral 1 designates a window frame having theupper and lower sashes 2 and 3 and the parting strips 1 which arebetween the sashes. The parting strip 1 is made in three pieces, top andbottom portions 5 and 6, which are rigidly secured in the window framein the usual location and in the usual way and a middle removableportion 7 This portion 7 has the flat top 8 where it meets the flatbottom 9 of the top portion 5. The top 10 of the bottom portion 6 is out01f backwardly so that with the window frame this bottom portion forms arecess 11 back of the top 10 of the bottom portion. The top 10 has thehorizontal portion 12 in front and the slanting rearwardly downwardlyin-- clined portion 13. The middle portion 7 of the parting strip 1 hasits bottom end 11 made with the horizontal portion 15 corresponding withthe horizontal portion 12 of the bottom portion 6 of the parting strip 1and the slanting portion 16 to correspond with the portion 13. Thismiddle portion 7 is put into place as shown in Fig. 2. The slantingportion 16 is placed into the recess 11 against the portion 13 of thetop 10 and the portion 15 resting on the portion 12 of the top 10, theend 8 fitting under the end 9 of the top portion 5 of the parting strip4. In this position the parting strip is in place to separate thesashes. The check rail 17 at the bottom of the top sash 2 holds the topof portion 7 in place and the engagement of the bottom of the portion 7in the recess holds the bottom of the portion 7 in place while the sashis in the frame, as the portion 7 extends above that part of the framewhere the check rail 17 is when the upper sash is in its topmostposition.

WVhen it is desired to remove the sashes, the lower sash 3 is turneddown, as shown in Fig. l, the upper sash 2 is then loweredj This bringsthe check rail 17 below the bottom end 14: of the portion 7 of the checkrail,

and this portion 7 may then be readily removed and the sash 2 withdrawnfrom the frame. I am made aware that there have been parting strips madein several pieces with their meeting edges slanting and I make no claimthereto. But so far as I am aware there has not been devised previouslya parting strip in which there is a separable piece having one endresting in a recess in the window frame and held in place without anyauxiliary fastening. I am further made aware that there has beenpatended a window frame having a removable part, the ends of which fitinto recesses in the window frame. But into this removable part thelower window sash fits and they are removable together,the recessesopening outwardly so that the ends of the removable part of the windowframe is pulled outwardly from the rest of the frame.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A window parting strip consisting of bottom and middle portions, thefirst two adapted to be secured in awindow frame and the middle portionadapted to be removed from the window frame, the bottom end of themiddle portion fitting behind the top end of the bottom portion, themiddle portion and the bottom portion together having a length greaterthan the distance between the bottom of the top sash and the bottom ofthe window frame, when the 110 top sash is at the top of the frame,whereby the lower part of the top sash will hold the middle portion ofthe parting strip in place.

2. A window parting strip, consisting of top, bottom and middleportions, the top and bottom portions adapted to be secured in a windowframe and, the middle portion held loosely in and adapted to be removedfrom the window frame, the bottom portion having a top made with ahorizontal portion in front and a rearwardly downwardly inclinedportion; the middle portion having its bottom end made with a horizontalportioncorresponding with the horizontal portion of the top of thebottom portion of the strip anda slanting portion corresponding with theinclined portion of the top of the bottom portion of the strip, thebottom end of the middle portion of the strip fitting upon and behindthe top of the bottom portion of the strip, the middle and the bottomportions of the strip having a length greater than the distance betweenthe bottomof the top sash and the bottom of the Window frame when thetop sash is at the top of the window frame, whereby the lower part ofthe top sash will hold the middle portion of the parting strip in place.a

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses. T

ELMER E. KILMER. Witnesses: v

VVILP. MAYER. D. H. HOPKINS.

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